Now it’s that time of year again. A time for report cards, essays, dances, fieldtrips, assemblies, tuition, finals, freshmen independence, falling asleep in lectures, parties, proms, uniforms, and the list could go on and on. However, I can sum everything up in these familiar four words “Back-To-School-Time”. Back to school time is a time when students become a little smarter and for a majority of them, a time for fun with friends whom they have been separated from all summer but it’s also a time when used school supplies such as notebook paper, plastics pens, plastic markers, and three-ring binders aren’t recycled and contribute to the waste that’s filling up landfills. Even though back-to-school time is a happy and joyous time for students, it can also be a sad and sombrous time for the planet when we choose not to recycle used supplies.
However, the Sobuka team strongly believes that we shouldn’t have to choose between joyous students or a sombrous planet during back-to-school-time, but in fact we can have both happy students and a clean planet when we make smarter choices when buying school supplies. Instead of buying traditional school supplies let’s all purchase eco-friendly school supplies because when we add “green” to our school supplies we help contribute to a “greener” planet.
The Sobuka Team has provided a few green resources below to help you “Go Green” this school year and a be part of the Solution instead of part of the Problem.
Sobuka’s Eco-Friendly School Supplies Buying Guide
Recycled Pencils: Paper Mate® EarthWrite™ Recycled Pencils are made from 100% recycled materials, down to the lead and eraser. A Pack of 48 can be purchased from Office Depot.
Eco-Friendly Pens: Earth Friendly Pens are made from recycled plastic, recycled paper, corn & vegetable derivative bioplastic, wood and more. They are priced competitively with traditional pens with prices from under $0.50 each to over $8.00 a pen so there is no reason not to “go green”
Eco-Friendly Notebook binders: Earth Binder is low impact recycled binders for all your loose-leaf needs. It’s a fully recycled binder made from 100% recycled material: The chipboard is 95%+ post consumer content material, and the spine material is 100% post-consumer content.
Recycled Notebook paper: Green Earth Office Supply offers 3-hole punched 100% recycled, 30% post-consumer 100 sheet pack of notebook paper for $1.25.
100% Recycled printer paper: Staples has 100% recycled copier paper sold as a ream or case, processed without using chlorine or chlorine compounds.
Eco-Friendly Laptops: If you are in search of a new laptop this school year before you go shopping check out this selection of eco-friendly laptops provided by Discovery Channels Planet Green. Including Dell, HP, Toshiba, Mac, etc.
Eco-Friendly Backpacks: Terracycle Drink Pouch Backpack is made from used drink pouches. Each year, billions of used drink pouches fill dumpsters and landfills across the United States and are unable to be recycled. TerraCycle is an industrial waste management company that has launched a campaign to collect these used juice pouches and remake them into new products – a process called ‘upcycling.’ The drink pouches are converted into stylish backpacks, lunchboxes, tote bags, pencil cases, and other items for kids and adults. The backpack is also water-resistant and easily wipes clean with the swipe of a damp sponge.
HAVE A GREAT GREEN SCHOOL YEAR!!
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